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Hello everyone my name is Brian. I have been reading a lot of books and listening to Ken McElroy on YouTube. I want to start my business the right way and was looking for the right steps that I should take. Should I c...
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So today was exciting, I spoke with my first seller who sounded motivated :). I was driving for dollars and found a home with yard work needed. Called the owner and had a good convo. I made an offer on the house which...
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Hi there. I'm new to this site and new to real estate investing, and hoping some of you seasoned pros might have some advice for me. I am a real estate agent in the Memphis market, working on rehabbing my first inve...
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Hi,If you take out a hard money loan using a property as the collateral for that hard money loan, in order to pay off that property's mortgage, does the hard money loan act as another mortgage against the house once t...
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Hi all,Newbie from Scarborough (Toronto) here.Now that I've got your attention, no I didn't try to use drugs or drug money ... I tried using Other People's Inactive Underutilized Money; OPIUM for short.Last week, I s...
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Over the years we've had countless success stories here on BiggerPockets. Many people have shared those stories with us, many have donated to the site to give back, and many just contribute as their way of saying tha...
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I am looking for water submetering options for my fourplex in IB. Many of the companies seem to only service larger properties. Additionally, the option to monitor myself is appealing as opposed to paying the vendor. ...
Hello BP Community!This is my first post on the BP forums and I would really appreciate the input of my fellow members on a sample deal analysis as well as an array of relating questions. Before I get started, I want ...
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In Podcast # 109, Scott talked about the limitation of insurance policies. Basically, from what I understood, the interest of your insurance company does not necessarily align with the landlord's. So when a claim is f...
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When you are setting up your STR to be able to self manage from afar, what kinds of WiFi tools to you like to use? Thinking of things like keypad door entry, thermostats, fire detectors, water leak alarms... which W...